South Kordofan’s MPs resign from Sudan’s parliament
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September 19, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Three parliamentarians affiliated to
the banned opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North
(SPLM-N) have resigned in protest against military escalations in
South Kordofan and Blue Nile State.
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Sudan’s army (SAF) has been fighting SPLM-N fighters in the border
states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile since June and August
respectively amid reports of widespread violations of human rights.
The war is pitting communities who fought alongside the now
independent state of South Sudan against the Sudanese government
during the country’s north-south second civil war which erupted in
1983 and ended with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
(CPA) in 2005.
In a statement released to the media on Monday, the three members who
were elected to Sudan’s parliament from South Kordofan accused the
government of committing blatant violations of human rights in Blue
Nile and South Kordofan States.
The UN accuses Sudan’s army and aligned paramilitary forces of
“especially egregious” actions in South Kordofan, saying that if
substantiated may amount to “war crimes” and “crimes against
humanity.”
South Kordofan violence erupted in the heels of disputed legislative
and gubernatorial elections whose result was declared in favor of the
ruling National Congress Party’s candidate Ahmad Haroun and against
the SPLM-N’s candidate Abdul Aziz al-Hilu.
The SPLM-N alleged the vote was rigged and vowed to resist its
outcome. The vote also elected four SPLM-N members to Sudan’s national
parliament.
The resigned parliamentarians accused the NCP of wriggling out of its
commitments to implementing the popular consultations in South
Kordofan, a vote stipulated under the CPA in order to gauge local
satisfaction with the implementation of the agreement.
The MPs also criticized the “illegal manner” in which the government
banned the SPLM-N as well as the government’s blockade of humanitarian
aid to the victims of South Kordofan’s conflict.
According to the MP’s release, the war in South Kordofan had so far
led to the killing of 2132 and displacement of more than 450,000.
(ST)
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